John Farrell

John Farrell is an affordable housing attorney living in West Chester Pennsylvania. He once travelled the weird west as Carrie A. Nation in Joker's Wild at: https://jokerswildpodcast.weebly.com/

The Bondsman review — missing its potential, thematically and diagetically

A show that starts out strong but never gets going

By John Farrell

/ 8 Apr 2025

The Bondsman review — missing its potential, thematically and diagetically

Defy the Gods preview - exploring queerness and chaos in this Sword & Sorcery TTRPG

Defy the Gods is out to critically examine Sword & Sorcery stories

By John Farrell

/ 6 Apr 2025

Defy the Gods preview - exploring queerness and chaos in this Sword & Sorcery TTRPG

Urban Shadows 2nd Edition review — feeling the weight of ambition

A streamlined experience replete with horrors and grand schemes

By John Farrell

/ 3 Apr 2025

Urban Shadows 2nd Edition review — feeling the weight of ambition

Hands-on with Frosthaven's PC adaptation

Following in Gloomhaven's footsteps, the epic board game prepares its jump to digital

By John Farrell

/ 20 Mar 2025

Hands-on with Frosthaven's PC adaptation

Armed review — somber yet gory action satire that's step away from greatness

The soul of 90s B movies but the production quality of modern cinema

By John Farrell

/ 4 Mar 2025

Armed review — somber yet gory action satire that's step away from greatness

Cyberpunk RED launches Demiplane character tools

The Nexus includes the core rules, Edgerunners: Mission Kit, and Black Chrome, as well as free DLCS in the form of introductory Easy Mode and Night City Weather to provide atmosphere for the interface.

By John Farrell

/ 13 Feb 2025

Cyberpunk RED launches Demiplane character tools

Memories of a lifetime in indie film — Flying in: My Adventures in Filmmaking with Gretchen McGowan

Flying In: My Adventures in Filmmaking was a thoughtful, refreshing look at the state of independent filmmaking, and in no way what I was expecting. When I first heard of

By John Farrell

/ 30 Jan 2025

Memories of a lifetime in indie film — Flying in: My Adventures in Filmmaking with Gretchen McGowan

Seeking Star Trek’s soul — Section 31, Bomber Girl, and Constar: the Motion Picture

I come before you today to break a promise. When I started Fandom Underground a few years ago, I said that this series highlighting fan works would not compare these

By John Farrell

/ 28 Jan 2025

Seeking Star Trek’s soul — Section 31, Bomber Girl, and Constar: the Motion Picture

Fitness Boxing 3 review — great exercise, adequate game

Fitness Boxing 3 will get you into a routine of rhythm, movement, and sweat, even if it annoys you a little along the way. Part rhythm game, part workout routine,

By John Farrell

/ 17 Jan 2025

Fitness Boxing 3 review — great exercise, adequate game

European Pirate Party officially endorses Stop Killing Games initiative

We’ve covered Stop Killing Games before, the customer rights initiative that stands for our right to own and repair our own products. The work is gaining support, recently including

By John Farrell

/ 8 Jan 2025

European Pirate Party officially endorses Stop Killing Games initiative

Tomorrow City RPG review — high concept Dieselpunk with spectacular presentation

It’s 1984 and the world is in shambles. Decades of conflict have wrought their ruin, and Tomorrow City’s art-deco splendor looms over the land, its many rings grinding

By John Farrell

/ 8 Jan 2025

Tomorrow City RPG review — high concept Dieselpunk with spectacular presentation

Despair Dilemma preview — a death game inspired TTRPG

Death sports have seen plenty of representation in videogames and film, but soon Double Summon Games will explore the subgenre via Despair Dilemma. With influences like Squid Game and Zero

By John Farrell

/ 8 Jan 2025

Despair Dilemma preview — a death game inspired TTRPG